The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy will return alongside the new Women’s Regional T20 as a new era begins for women’s domestic cricket this summer.
Fixtures for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Women’s Regional T20 have been released today with 56 matches to be played across both competitions.
The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy will begin on 29 May with each of the eight...
There were contrasting fortunes at the Fischer County Ground, Leicester, as Lightning won their second game in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, beating a spirited Central Sparks side by 55 runs.
Whereas Lighting had no chance of advancing to the final, there was a slim chance of Central Sparks making it to the showpiece fixture at one of their home bases, Edgbaston.
There are a lot of what-ifs in cricket. It is usually complicated to settle an argument one way or another. On Monday, question would have been, “What if Nat Sciver hadn’t scored 104 for Northern Diamonds?"
The answer was Northern Diamonds would again prosper, this time by two wickets.
We got as close as it is possible to that when Lightning and Northern Diamonds met at the...
There were times during the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match at Edgbaston where North West Thunder looked dead and buried. But although Central Sparks won by four wickets with six overs to spare, it felt much closer.
It was a tough day for the batters on both sides, on a well-used but decent looking pitch. Thunder were struggling from the very first ball when Laura Marshall could...
When it was announced the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy would get underway on August Bank Holiday weekend, it was easy to imagine glorious weather to supplement some thrilling cricket. It's true that there was never going to be ice creams in the stands but there was an expectation at least the dull and chilly days usually associated with the start of a regular season in April would stay away...
The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy starts today. It is a testament to the hard work of many that this tournament ever got off the ground. Working around a global pandemic is never easy – as the England team have found out when India and then South Africa dropped out of their respective tours.
The new regional hubs were due to be rolled out this year. There is a sense of the familiar in...
The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is a competition being played for the first time this summer. It’s a special edition 50-over competition, played between the eight newly formed regions who make up the women’s elite domestic structure.
The eight regions will be split into two regionalised groups of four, with the two respective group winners...
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that this summer’s women’s domestic 50-over competition will be named the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in honour of England’s pioneering World Cup-winning captain.
The special-edition competition has been created for this summer only to ensure women’s domestic cricket is played despite the challenges of COVID-19 and underlines...
